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DIRAC

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DIRAC (noun)
  The noun DIRAC has 1 sense:

1. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984)play

  Familiarity information: DIRAC used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


DIRAC (noun)


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Meaning:

English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Dirac; Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac

Instance hypernyms:

nuclear physicist (a physicist who specializes in nuclear physics)


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